04-24-2023, 09:45 PM
Uhh, this makes my head hurt. But uh, here's a go at it.
The stronger you are, the more weaves, the more complex they can be, and the more threads you can use at once.
Strongest bloke: can weave dozens of all 5 threads together for really complex purposes - case in point, Rand doing the dozens of death gates while Logain watches in awe. Logain was powerful, but not as powerful as Rand, but he could still do the death gates, just not as many.
Go down the power ranks and you can somewhat decrease your ability to mix and match the 3 'power flexes' to varying degrees: 1. number of threads, 2. complexity, 3. number of flows.
If Nox is maxed at a 30, when he pulls on his max power, he can perform his max threads, complexity, and flows and since he's a master he can do all that under duress while getting actively attacked and probably also while juggling bowling pins. If Nox accessed 10% of his power and only pulled a 3's worth, he could only do what a person who maxes out at 3 could do. Which is probably only channel 1 thread at a time. Nox at a 30 can hold up a collapsing cave with thousands of pounds of rock overhead. Nox at a 3 can lift a coffee cup.
Jay is a 27. For reference, in my head, at max channeling he could only create 1 death gates at a time. It's complex, requires a lot of power, but he isn't strong enough to split the flows and create 2+. Or in contrast, Jay could create 2 bolts of lightning at a time. They're not quite as complex as death gates, so he has some 'left over' capacity to split the flows.
Talents I'm not even going to think about because they don't obey the rules. Case in point the healer talent.
The stronger you are, the more weaves, the more complex they can be, and the more threads you can use at once.
Strongest bloke: can weave dozens of all 5 threads together for really complex purposes - case in point, Rand doing the dozens of death gates while Logain watches in awe. Logain was powerful, but not as powerful as Rand, but he could still do the death gates, just not as many.
Go down the power ranks and you can somewhat decrease your ability to mix and match the 3 'power flexes' to varying degrees: 1. number of threads, 2. complexity, 3. number of flows.
If Nox is maxed at a 30, when he pulls on his max power, he can perform his max threads, complexity, and flows and since he's a master he can do all that under duress while getting actively attacked and probably also while juggling bowling pins. If Nox accessed 10% of his power and only pulled a 3's worth, he could only do what a person who maxes out at 3 could do. Which is probably only channel 1 thread at a time. Nox at a 30 can hold up a collapsing cave with thousands of pounds of rock overhead. Nox at a 3 can lift a coffee cup.
Jay is a 27. For reference, in my head, at max channeling he could only create 1 death gates at a time. It's complex, requires a lot of power, but he isn't strong enough to split the flows and create 2+. Or in contrast, Jay could create 2 bolts of lightning at a time. They're not quite as complex as death gates, so he has some 'left over' capacity to split the flows.
Talents I'm not even going to think about because they don't obey the rules. Case in point the healer talent.